Spending time outdoors in the summer months sometimes means crossing paths with one of the area’s most common reptiles – the Eastern garter snake. Often, just the sight of a snake can add a little ...

Claim to fame: This small striped reptile is probably Missouri’s most common snake and one of the most frequently seen snakes in North America. Species status: Garter snakes are abundant throughout ...

On one of those unseasonably cool days this month, I ventured out to remove the cover off my large compost pile and discovered a surprise underneath the tarp. As I pulled back the edges to expose the ...

Kansas State University assistant professor of biology Eva Horne is keeping her eye on a copperhead snake that’s been living in her house the past several months. The copperhead, collected from the ...

Male red-sided garter snakes die younger and have smaller bodies than their female counterparts. Why? Sex, of course. The life of a male red-sided garter snake is odd. Hibernate underground for eight ...

DEAR JOAN: After reading your snake column earlier this week, I realized that I just had to tell you about an experience we had about two weeks ago. A family member looked out the window and there on ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Female red-sided garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis, become unattractive to most males after mating in the field and in the ...

Give a male garter snake a taste of estrogen and watch out, as the hormone turns these lads into the sexiest thing on the block, attracting dozens of other males eager to mate. The finding, published ...